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Tutu - Climate Crisis Demands 'Anti-Apartheid-Style Boycott' of Fossil Fuel Industry
2014-04-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
allAfrica: Nobel laureate says 'people of conscience' must break ties with oil and gas companies that are destroying planet's future. Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu is saying there is no longer any excuse for not doing everything humanly possible to fight climate change and called on Thursday for an international "anti-apartheid-style boycott" against the fossil fuel industry. In a striking essay and call to action in The Guardian newspaper, Tutu writes: "People...
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Desmond Tutu: divest from fossil fuels firms in apartheid-style boycott
2014-04-11 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Eminent bishop and Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu has called on businesses to cut ties with the fossil fuels industry, in the same way as they did with South African companies during apartheid. Writing in the Guardian, Tutu said that there were many ways people can raise their voice against companies that contribute to climate change. They can boycott sports events that they sponsor, campaign to put health warnings in their advertisements and ask for universities, religious institutions...
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Desmond Tutu calls for a boycott of fossil fuels
2014-04-11 01:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Record: "People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change. We can, for instance, boycott events, sports teams and media programming sponsored by fossil-fuel energy companies. We can demand that the advertisements of energy companies carry health warnings. We can encourage more of our universities and municipalities and cultural institutions to cut their ties to the fossil-fuel industry. We can organise car-free days and build broader societal awareness....
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Tutu urges US to shelve 'carbon bomb' Keystone
2014-03-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: South Africa's peace icon Desmond Tutu on Friday urged the United States to reject Canada's Keystone XL pipeline, saying the "carbon bomb" would upend the US role fighting climate change. The Nobel Prize-winning archbishop who fought apartheid led a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to reject the 1,179-mile (1,897-kilometer) pipeline, which would bring oil from the carbon-intense Alberta tar sands into the United States. "The verdict on whether to approve or reject the Keystone...
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